violet
violet adj
OFr villet; see violet (-s), n.
- Bluish-purple; reddish-blue.
violet [-s] n
OFr < L. diminutive of viola, violet.
- Viola; small blue-purple flower; plant from the genus Viola with lavender, mauve, or white blossoms.
- Blue-purple color; [metonymy] rainbow; the chromatic scale; colors in the bandwidth of infracted light.